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The Surinam toad might be the weirdest animal ever. Picture “roadkill frog” and you’re on the right track. Not only is the toad unusually flat (to blend in with leaves on the pond floor), ...
This is the Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, whose females absorb their eggs into their own backs. Here the embedded young develop safely before erupting through their mom’s skin.
How Surinam Toads Give Birth. Posted: July 9, 2015. Reproduction in the Surinam toad is your classic love story. Two toads meet.
T he Suriname Toad (Pipa pipa) could be one of the strangest frogs you might see in the rainforest; in fact it’s not a toad but an aquatic dwelling frog.
Meet the Surinam Toad, a five-inch-long amphibian that lives in South America.Once the female toad’s eggs are fertilized by the male, they embed in her back, which transforms into a honeycomb ...
Cape Town - Imagine giving birth multiple times, alone in the wild, out of little holes in your back. Not the average traveller's daily fantasy and not something you'd wish upon that annoying and rude ...
Surinam toads live in the waters of tropical rainforest in South America. Though its conservation status is currently listed as “least concern” by the IUCN, ...
Gross Science. These Baby Toads Burst Out Of Their Mom's Back. Season 1 Episode 16 | 1m 41s. Like popping pimples? Then you'll love how the Surinam toad gives birth.